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PREVIEW

Think about a city you have lived in or visited. Then complete the chart withyour opinions.

Read the e-mail message.

Now respond to the e-mail message. Do you think a move to the city is a goodidea? Explain your opinion. Describe some advantages and disadvantages oflife in the city. If you can, give advice on living in a city.

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City: _____________________________________

Things you like about the city

Things you dislike about the city

Trends (general changes taking place) in the city

Things that could be done to improve life in the city

[email protected]

City girl?

Hey! How’s life treating you? I’m busy applying to universities. Can you believe I’mgraduating from secondary school this year? I’m thinking about going to a university inthe city. I know I’ve always been a country girl, but I think a faster pace might be a nicechange. Any advice? Let me know what you think.

[email protected]

RE: City girl?

e-mail

e-mail

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LESSON 1

Combine each pair of sentences, using a possessive with a gerund.

1. He sleeps in class. What do you think about it?

2. Julie’s husband checks his PDA constantly. She can’t stand it.

3. Patricia’s co-workers call her Patty. She resents it.

4. They complain all the time. I’m so tired of it.

5. We take calls during dinner. Our father objects to it.

6. I hum while I work. Do you mind?

7. You are late so often. Mr. Yu objects to it.

Read the list of annoying office behaviors.

SOURCE: www.bizjournal.com

Now answer the questions.

1. Which behavior from the list do you find most annoying?

2. Can you think of any annoying workplace behaviors that aren’t on the list?

3. Do you know someone who engages in one of these behaviors? How do you feel about it?

Write a sentence, using a possessive with a gerund.

4. Write a sentence asking for permission to do one of the things listed.

5. Write a sentence politely asking someone not to do one of the things listed.

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What do you think about his sleeping in class?

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What do your co-workers do that gets on your nerves? We recently asked our readers to e-mail usthe most annoying personal behaviors of their officemates. Here are the ten most popular responses:

Top Ten Most Annoying Personal Behaviors at Work

1. Chewing, smacking, and popping gum2. Humming, whistling loudly, or listening to

the radio in a shared work area3. Interrupting conversations4. Smoking at work5. Inappropriate jokes, language, or comments

6. Inappropriate dress—either too casual or too shocking

7. Looking at the clock or at one’s watchrepeatedly during a meeting

8. Wearing too much perfume or cologne9. Playing with objects on someone else’s desk

10. Gossiping and complaining constantly


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Judge the appropriateness of each behavior below. Write sentences, usingadjectives from Student’s Book page 53 or your own adjectives.

1. Using a hand-held phone while driving:

2. Taking a call in a movie theater:

3. Turning your cell phone off in class:

4. Having a loud, personal conversation on the train:

5. Talking on the phone while shopping:

6. Turning your phone to silent mode in a restaurant:

7. Leaving your phone on during a flight:

LESSON 2

Offer acceptable alternatives for each inappropriate behavior. Use either . . . or.

1. Littering:

2. Talking during a movie:

3. Playing loud music on a bus:

4. Gossiping:

5. Eating in class:

Rewrite each sentence, using neither . . . nor and the antonym of the adjective.

1. Listening to loud music and getting in and out of your seat constantly are inconsiderate on a

flight.

2. Leaving a cell phone on and putting your feet up on the seat in front of you are discourteous

in a movie theater.

3. Talking on a cell phone and smoking while driving are irresponsible.

4. Talking or laughing while the teacher is talking is disrespectful.

5. Touching the art and taking flash photography in a museum are inappropriate.

* Symbols such as @#?!* are used to politely denote curse words.

considerate on a flight.

Neither listening to loud music nor getting in and out of your seat constantly is

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People should either throw their garbage in a trash can or hold on to it until they find one.

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It’s unsafe to use a hand-held phone while driving.

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Cell-phone use at public cultural events — such as plays, movies, concerts, and art exhibits — is now against the lawin New York City. The penalty for violating the law is a fifty-dollar fine and removal from the theater, museum, etc.The law was passed in 2003 after two famous actors reacted to cell-phone users during Broadway performances. Inmid-performance, Kevin Spacey turned to a member of the audience who had answered a cell phone and said, “Tellthem you’re busy.” Laurence Fishburne wasn’t as polite. When an audience member answered a phone during one ofhis performances, he yelled, “Turn your @#?!* phone off!”*

SOURCES: www.wired.com, www.playbill.com


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Read the pet peeves of visitors to a website.

Now rate the pet peeves according to how annoying they are to you. Number themfrom 1 (most annoying) to 6 (least annoying).

drivers who slow down to stare at traffic accidents

servers who don’t cover their mouths when they cough

dog owners who don’t clean up after their dogs

salespeople who don’t interrupt their personal conversations to help you

drivers who don’t use their turn signals

drivers who don’t look behind them before they open their car doors

Challenge. Now read the pet peeves in Exercise 8 again. Write a sentencesummarizing each person’s opinion. Use the paired conjunctions in parentheses.

1. Sam’s opinion (not only . . . but also):

2. Karen’s opinion (either . . . or):

3. Amy’s opinion (either . . . or):

4. Will’s opinion (not only . . . but also):

5. Isabella’s opinion (neither . . . nor):

accidents create huge, unnecessary traffic jams, but it’s also dangerous.

Not only does slowing down to stare at traffic

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Name: SamI really can’t understand why people slow down to stare at traffic accidents. It creates huge,unnecessary traffic jams, and it’s dangerous. A driver who’s looking at an accident is not looking atthe road in front of him—and could cause another accident!

Name: KarenWhat gets to me is people who don’t cover their mouths when they cough. It really bugs me when aserver in a restaurant coughs, spreading germs all over my food. Waiters and waitresses around theworld, please wait until you leave the table to cough. If you can’t, at least cover your mouth.

Name: AmyI can’t stand dog owners’ taking their dogs for walks and not cleaning up after them. If you won’t take responsibility for your dog’s messes, then don’t have a pet!

Name: WillIt really gets on my nerves when salespeople won’t interrupt their personal conversations to help me,a paying customer. Ignoring customers is rude and bad for business.

Name: IsabellaI ride my bike a lot—to school, to work, basically wherever I need to go. The thing that ticks me offis drivers who don’t use their turn signals and who don’t look behind them before they open their cardoors. They create a real danger for us cyclists.

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What About You? What’s your pet peeve? Post a message to the message board.Use the messages in Exercise 8 as a guide.

LESSON 3

Check the community service activities that you or someone you know has done.

� plant flowers or trees � collect signatures

� pick up trash � volunteer

� mail letters � make arrangements to donate your organs

� make phone calls � donate money

� raise money � other:

Now write sentences.

Example: Write about two activities you or someone you know has done. Use not only . . . but also.

1. Write about two activities you or someone you know has done. Use not only . . . but also.

2. Write about two activities you haven’t done. Use neither . . . nor.

3. Write about two activities you’d like to do. Use either . . . or.

Reading Warm-up. Describe your ideal vacation. Where would you go? What would you do? Where would you stay?

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Not only have I raised money, but I’ve also volunteered.

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Reading. Read about the service organization started by husband and wife Bud Philbrook and Michele Gran.

SOURCE: www.globalvolunteers.org

Now answer questions about the article.

1. Where did Bud Philbrook and Michele Gran go on their honeymoon?

2. What did they do?

3. Why do you think they decided to spend their honeymoon in this way?

4. What effect did their story have on some people who read it?

5. What did Bud Philbrook and Michele Gran do as a result of people’s interest in their trip?

What About You? Would you consider a volunteer vacation? Answer the questions.

1. In my opinion, a volunteer vacation would be .

a. a life-changing experience c. more trouble than it’s worth

b. an adventure d. kind of scary

Explain your answer:

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ud Philbrook and Michele Gran were marriedin 1979. Instead of taking a honeymoon

cruise to the Caribbean, they decided to spend a week in a rural village in Guatemala, wherethey helped raise money for an irrigation system.When they returned to their home in St. Paul,Minnesota, USA, the local newspaper wrote astory about their unusual honeymoon. Soon,people started contacting them, asking how they could plan a similar trip. Philbrook said,“We knew there was a need in rural communitiesaround the world, and now we were learningpeople wanted to do this.”

In 1984, the couple founded GlobalVolunteers, a nonprofit agency for people whowant to spend their vacation helping others.Now the organization sends about 2,000 peopleeach year to community development programsin twenty countries on six continents. Theseshort-term volunteer service projects are focusedon helping children and their families.

Volunteers are invited by local communityleaders to work on projects that communitymembers have identified as important. Not only do volunteers work side by side with localpeople, but they also live in the community. In most cases, no special skills are required.Anyone who wants to be of service and to learnabout other cultures can volunteer. GlobalVolunteers’ working vacations are popular with

people of all ages. There are young, single volunteersand retired volunteers.

More recently, Global Volunteers has startedoffering programs for families with children as youngas five. Some Global Volunteers community serviceopportunities include:• helping to build clinics and community centers in

mountain villages in Costa Rica.• caring for infants with special needs in a rural

hospital in Romania.• working with orphaned and abandoned children in

India. • teaching conversational English in a large city or

rural village in China.

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2. Some Global Volunteers live with local families. How comfortable would you be doing the same thing?

a. very comfortable c. a little uncomfortable

b. somewhat comfortable d. very uncomfortable


3. At what stage in your life would you want to go on a volunteer vacation?

a. young and single c. married with a family

b. married without kids d. retired


4. Which of the community services listed in the article would you want to do? Why?

5. Would you prefer to volunteer in a rural area or in a city? Why?

LESSON 4

Reading. Look back at The Advent of the Megacity on Student’s Book page 58.What is Dr. Perlman’s opinion of planned cities?

Now read about Canberra, Australia.

SOURCES: www.up.edu.ph, www.education.nationalcapital.gov.au

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Are planned cities too sterile? Not accordingto most people who live in or visit Canberra,Australia. With a population of just over323,000, it’s not a megacity—but it isAustralia’s largest inlandcity and its capital.Opinions of the entirelyplanned city cite plenty ofpros and not a lot of cons.According to the travelguide Lonely Planet, it’s “apicturesque spot withbeautiful galleries andmuseums, as well asexcellent restaurants, bars,and cafes.”

One of the world’sgreenest cities, Canberra issurrounded by nature reserves, and a greatdeal of city land was set aside for parks andgardens. Canberra is proof that—with properplanning—the environment can be preservedin densely populated cities and towns.

Canberra also has excellentinfrastructure. With wide roads that use

roundabouts, rather than traffic lights, toregulate the flow of traffic, the city offers theshortest average commute times in Australia.Most city roads also have bike lanes, making

cycling an important form oftransportation in Canberra.

As a result of carefulplanning, Canberra offers thebenefits of city living withoutthe urban problems such aspollution and traffic. Notonly does Canberra haveclean air and water and goodroads, but it also hasaffordable housing (cheaperthan Sydney or Melbourne)and an abundance of health-care facilities. As the

seat of Australia’s government, Canberra haslow unemployment and high education andincome levels. It is a relatively safe city, with nomurders reported in the 1999/2000 financialyear. Canberra shows that planned cities can begreat places to live and work.

Canberra: A Planned City


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Look back at the reading on page 45 and mark each statement about CanberraTrue or False. Provide information from the article to support your choice.

True False

1. � � Canberra suffers from a lack of culture and entertainment.

2. � � Transportation is a problem in Canberra.

3. � � Canberra has high levels of pollution.

4. � � Housing is not a problem for most people in Canberra.

5. � � A high percentage of people in Canberra cannot find work.

6. � � Crime is low in Canberra.

List one aspect of life in Canberra that appeals to you. Explain your answer.

Challenge. If you were going to design a city, what would be important to you? Choose three urban problems from the box. Provide ideas about how each problem might be prevented or alleviated through planning.

crime corruption disease discrimination

overpopulation pollution poverty inadequate public transportation

lack of housing unemployment other:

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Unemployment Job training, encourage employers to locate in city

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SOURCE: www.wikipedia.org

Hippodamus, a Greek architect of the 5th century B.C., is often considered the father of city planning. He designed the city of Miletus, using a grid plan for the layout of streets. (A grid is a pattern of straight lines that cross each other and form squares.)


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Grammar Booster

Rewrite each sentence, using the word in parentheses. Make verb changes asnecessary.

1. John Coltrane was a great jazz musician, and so was Miles Davis. (too)

2. The restaurant doesn’t allow smoking, and neither does the bar. (not either)

3. Her company has adopted a casual dress code on Fridays, and his has too. (so)

4. Shorts aren’t appropriate in the office, and neither are jeans. (not either)

5. She was annoyed by his behavior, and we were too. (so)

6. We’ve decided to volunteer, and so have they. (too)

7. Dave Clark doesn’t like the city, and we don’t either. (neither)

8. We’re not going on vacation this summer, and they’re not either. (neither)

Use the diagram below to compare two cities that you know. Consider thingslike traffic, weather, population, natural setting, architecture, infrastructure, andtourist attractions. Write similarities where the circles overlap and differences inthe areas that do not overlap.

Now use the information from the diagram to write sentences about ways inwhich the two cities are similar. Use conjunctions with so , too , neither , and not either.

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John Coltrane was a great jazz musician, and Miles Davis was too.

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Use short responses with so, too, neither, or not either to agree with thestatements.

1. A: I don’t really like the fast pace of life in the city.

B:

2. A: I’m really annoyed by smoking in restaurants.

B:

3. A: I try to be courteous about using my cell phone.

B:

4. A: I can’t understand why people talk during movies.

B:

5. A: I speak up when something bothers me.

B:

6. A: I don’t have time to get involved with my community.

B:

7. A: I would consider donating my organs.

B:

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Writing: An e-mail letter to an international website

Prewriting. Listing ideas. Think about how visitors to your country generallybehave, both positive and negative aspects. List reasons why their behavior is eitherpositive or a problem. If it is a problem, list how you would like behavior to change.

Writing. Use your notes to write an e-mail letter to an international tourism website. Remember to state how you feel about the behavior and,if appropriate, how you would like behavior to change.

Self-Check.

� Did you use the proper salutation and closing?

� Are the tone and language in the letter appropriate for the audience?

� Did you use regular spelling and punctuation and avoid abbreviations?

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I am writing to complain about tourists’ littering inour country. Not only is it inconsiderate, but it alsodetracts from the ability of everyone—touristsand locals alike—to enjoy all that our country hasto offer.Tourists come to our country from all over theworld to enjoy our beaches, museums, andmonuments. I have noticed many of themthrowing candy wrappers, cigarette butts, andother things on the ground, rather than in trashcans. It is rude for them to expect the people wholive here to clean up after them.I urge all tourists who visit our country to pleasebe considerate of your hosts and to clean up afteryourselves. That way we can all enjoy your visit.

Sincerely,Sasha Pilcher

http://www.GlobalCourtesy.com/soundoff

WRITING MODEL

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